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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Haynes do for the Bentwoods?
(a) Watch over the house in Flynders.
(b) Let out the Flynders house for money.
(c) Stock the Flynders house with food.
(d) Keep legal records in line for the Flynders property.

2. Where did Sophie receive her shots?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her stomach.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her buttocks.

3. Why did the wound have to be reported to the police?
(a) She waited too long to have it looked at.
(b) It is serious.
(c) She was injured by a wild animal.
(d) It looks like spousal abuse.

4. What part of town does Sophie think is rather ugly?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan.

5. What is Otto obsessed with in Chapter 12?
(a) A passage by Thoreau.
(b) Helping the poor.
(c) Proving he is more important than Otto.
(d) Buying new neck ties.

6. What does Sophie dream about when she sleeps after her husband comes home from the ASPCA?
(a) A play.
(b) The vacation home.
(c) Getting bit by the cat.
(d) Francis.

7. Where do the Bentwoods own a second home?
(a) Flynders.
(b) Fillkins.
(c) Fallman.
(d) Fillmore.

8. What did the hospital attendant tell Sophie?
(a) She has been on his mind.
(b) She will be fine.
(c) She should have come in sooner.
(d) She will be seen soon.

9. Where did Sophie go before having lunch with a friend?
(a) Otto's office.
(b) A store.
(c) The park.
(d) Charlie's house.

10. Who is the second person Sophie calls after leaving Claire's house?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Francis.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Otto.

11. What is Cynthia's last name?
(a) Beanman.
(b) Cruster.
(c) Peary.
(d) Kornfield.

12. What is strange about the man in Otto's front yard?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is naked.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is black.

13. What word does Sophie use to describe her father?
(a) Stern.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Proud.
(d) Kind.

14. Who does Cynthia's husband have a fascination with?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Stalin.

15. Who did Sophie have lunch with after her night with Charlie?
(a) Francis.
(b) Tanya.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie's father say people should do when speaking?

2. What upsets Sophie most about her hospital visit?

3. Why did Sophie have to wait to be treated at the hospital?

4. How does Claire say she and her ex-husband spoke when they were first married?

5. What is wrong with the black man's mother?

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